Armin attempts to broaden what is considered trance to include "everything from 122-138" BPM

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​Here's Armin's quote from the Huffington Post:

"I think that trance is not a fixed thing or a fixed sound. With ASOT and this tour, I show you in my warm-up set, when I play 122 bpm; pure progressive house, no vocals, no anything. I play those sets. And on the other hand, in Den Bosch, I have a room called Who's Afraid of 138, which caters to the harder styles. If you look at the DJs who we have lined up, like W&W who are more into the housey side of dance, or Dash Berlin, who plays a lot of vocals. For me, personally, trance is everything from 122 to 138." ​

Do you agree? ​

In their own words: Borgore and Skream on moving away from Dubstep

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A while ago I asked the question on this site whether dubstep peaked based on data found in Google Trends, but now in the past few days some of the biggest names in dubstep have spoken vocally about their move away from the genre that had initially made them famous. I'm talking about Borgore and Skream, who have both publicly expressed their transition away from dubstep to other genres such as house.

In this video interview made by Dubstep.net, Borgore goes into detail about transitioning himself and his label away from dubstep. He also makes a few interesting points about trap music: ​

​Skream sat down with Beatport for an interview that had one of the originators of dubstep talk about his current views on the genre:

​"To be honest, it’s become extremely over-saturated as a genre. A lot of people bought into it because it became an easy way to get an edgy chart record, especially major labels. That’s why there is so much shit out there now, courtesy of people with no love or care for the music. The thing is that I see people saying it’s dead because I’ve stopped playing just that....I think the profile of dubstep will drop again and you will have the cycle where people start pushing a more sincere and different sound."

​To read more about how Skream planned his transition away from dubstep, click here. If you want to hear what Skream is into, then go check out the mix he created for Pete Tong's Miami 2013 album now available on Beatport.

Listen to this: Ryan Hemsworth's guest mix for Diplo and Friends

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Halifax raised and now Ottawa based DJ/Producer Ryan Hemsworth created a sexy and groovy mix for the Diplo and Friends show, check it out:

Tracklist:​

1. R. Kelly – "Real Talk (Hemsworth’s La Valse D’R. Kelly)"
2. HYDRABADD – "El8tion"
3. Myrryrs – "Fantom Doze (Club Mix)"
4. Freddie Gibbs – "Murda on My Mind"
5. The Knife – "Like a Pen"
6. Mike Gip – "Robin Thicke Theme"
7. D33J – "The Man From Another Place"
8. 8prn – "Runnin'"
9. Mike Din – "Losing You (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)"
10. Chief Keef – "Citgo"
11. Ryan Hemsworth – "Frog" (feat. ?kitty?)
12. Ryan Hemsworth – "Faith in Something"
13. Cherish – "Chevy"
14. Ciara – "Body Party"
15. Ghost Town DJs – "My Boo"
16. David Wise – "Stickerbrush Symphony"
17. Mya – "My Love Is Like Whoa (JawJam Bootleg)"
18. Air – "Run"
19. Main Attrakionz – "Chuch"
20. Shlohmo x Jeremih – "Bo Peep (Do U Right)"
21. Baths – "Miasma Sky"
22. Nada Surf – "Always Love"
23. Janet Jackson – "Curtains"
24. The Range – "PS 3 (Supreme Cuts Remix)"
25. C.Z. – "Ocean Escapade"
26. Destiny’s Child – "T-Shirt"
27. Ryan Hemsworth – "Loneliness Becomes an Acid"
28. Munno – "Outside (Mike Din Remix)"
29. Different Sleep – "Get Ahead"
30. Henry Mancini – "Lujon (TOBOGGAN Rum-ix)"
31. Taste Taster – "So Good Tonight"
32. David Wise – "Life in the Mines"
33. Kendo – "No Preservatives"
34. Yumiko Kanki – "F-Zero Opening Theme"
35. Kaytranada – "Killa Cats"
36. Shadowrunners X Svengali – "Demolition/Revlon"
37. Taquwami – "Aliens"
38. Dem Franchize Boyz – "Talkin’ Out da Side of Ya Neck!"
39. Dirty Projectors – "About to Die (Ryan Hemsworth’s Rejected Remix lol)"
40. GRANT – "DMT"
41. Two Fresh – "Oooops"
42. Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy (Nicolas Jaar Edit)"​

(Source: SPIN)​